Hind, Henry Youle: 1823-1908. Born and educated in England; to Canada, 1846; professor of geology and chemistry, University of Toronto, 1853-1864; geologist on Red River exploratory expedition sent out from Canada, 1857; in command of Assiniboine-Saskatchewan exploratory expedition, 1858; later led surveying expeditions to eastern parts of Canada, including Labrador (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography). // Fleming, Sandford (Sir): 1827-1915. Born and educated as surveyor and engineer in Scotland; became engineer for Northern Railway, 1845; chief engineer of Intercolonial Railway during its construction; engineer-in-chief of surveys for CPR, 1871-1880; proponent of 24-hour-per-day system of time reckoning and intra-imperial system of cable communication; created C.M.G. (1877), K.C.M.G. (1897); charter member of Royal Society of Canada, 1882; chancellor of Queen's University, 1880-1915; director of HBC and CPR for some years (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography). // Includes "Practical observations on the construction of a continuous line of railway from Canada to the Pacific Ocean on British territory" by Fleming (pages 80-117). Appendices: "The London Times ' correspondent's letter"; "Freight from St. Paul to Fort Garry"; and "List of necessary or useful articles in a journey across the prairies to British Columbia." Advertisements on page 129. See also Peel 423.

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